[Explanation] The wedding is one of the most memorable moments in life. It is the palace of love that couples look forward to, and it is also the most memorable ceremony for married couples.
Recently, the Chinese traditional festival Qixi Festival is approaching, and reporters came to Ningxia Yinchuan Chinese Wedding Hall to explore the mysteries of Chinese and Western weddings.
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Chinese weddings and western weddings From the current knowledge of weddings in China, there will be more church-style weddings (Western weddings).
For example, they only have the first half. Like the weddings we usually attend, there will be vows, rings, and kisses, but we also add our traditional Chinese tea toasts, change the mouth, and the authentic Western style. There is no such link in the wedding.
[Explanation] Niu Jun has been doing wedding planning since 2008, and it has been 13 years.
In 2015, she attended a friend's Chinese wedding in Beijing and was shocked by the strong "Chinese style" on the scene, so she decided to engage in Chinese wedding planning.
Niu Jun started from learning Chinese classical etiquette and learned about the weddings of various dynasties in China. He found that Chinese weddings not only preserved the traditional charm of Chinese culture, but also have many things that can be changed in costumes and settings. This provides young people who pursue differences. More choices.
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In addition to the unique etiquette and etiquette, we also have many different forms for Chinese weddings.
For example, our weekly system can be divided into Han system, Tang system, and even the Song system and Ming system that everyone likes now. These can all be done. When each dynasty is different, first of all we are choosing Costumes, colors, colors of field cloths, and even the matching of some props will be very different.
[Explanation] The wedding dress is the most important dress for every girl before getting married. In Western weddings, the white wedding dress wraps up a graceful figure, which "pins up" the hearts of countless girls, while the wedding gown for Chinese weddings is even more. The beauty of Chinese tradition.
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Compared with Chinese wedding dresses and Western wedding dresses, there is a big difference. First of all, everyone knows that the point of western wedding dresses is that the first thing is that there will be a lot of sequins, a lot of diamonds and yarn on the body, this kind of layered difference.
So what is the most straightforward aspect of Chinese-style clothing (wedding dress)?
The first fabric, the second embroidery.
Because its Chinese-style clothes (wedding dress) fabric may not have too many colors, but its embroidery can have a lot of colors.
From the headwear, we all know that Western-style wedding dresses, veils and some crowns will be very beautiful.
We are not bad in Chinese style, and our Chinese crown can also be beautiful.
[Explanation] As the times change, Chinese weddings have become the choice of more young people, and more and more young people are looking forward to a "Chinese style" wedding.
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Like before, we rarely do Chinese weddings. On average, there can be 1 out of 20, and at most 2 are already very impressive.
However, it has not been the case in recent years, especially from last year to this year. This trend of Chinese weddings has more and more choices for young people. Now basically 3-4 out of 10 weddings will be Chinese style.
Among the 20 weddings, there will be 1-2 new couples who will choose Han style or Tang style.
[Explanation] While doing a good job in Chinese weddings, Niu Jun has also been spreading Chinese traditional culture. She believes that weddings are a major event in life, and the charm of Chinese traditional culture can be more intuitively reflected through Chinese weddings.
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In fact, Chinese weddings are just one point for us to let everyone know about Chinese traditional culture. Then, through Chinese weddings, we can let everyone understand the beauty of Chinese traditional culture and reflect the charm of Chinese traditional culture.
Xie Yumu reports from Yinchuan, Ningxia
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]